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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- The dispersal of thoroughbred owner/breeder Eugene Melnyk's stock gave Fasig-Tipton's second Summer Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale its second consecutive million-dollar seller on Monday.

Melnyk's Speightstown filly Bedford Land, a 2-year-old maiden winner in June at Churchill Downs, brought a sale-topping $1.075 million bid from Three Chimneys Farm.

The sale concluded with $8.43 million in sales, up 44.8 percent, from 109 sold, which nearly doubled last year's total. The average of $77,303 was down 26.93 percent, while the median of $35,000 fell 22.22 percent.

The sale is quickly becoming a staple on the Fasig sales calendar. The topper for last year's inaugural edition was the $1 million sale of Grade I stakes winner Starship Truffles.